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The Mir Yeshiva in its glory! A lengthy letter by the Rosh Yeshiva the great Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, from the time the yeshiva was reestablished after World War I and the response of the Gaon Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov Hacohen Yaffeh. Mir, Adar [1922].
A lengthy letter that was sent to the Gaon Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov Hacohen Yaffe, the Rav of the Manchester community and a great activist for the Torah world of Lithuania, dealing with the difficult financial situation of the yeshiva in contrast with its flourishing spiritual situation, in the period between the two world wars.
In the letter, Maran the Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel recalls that he had sent a set of the Seforim of the Sdei Chemed and had them re-bound. In the following lines, he describes the state of the yeshiva ‘the material situation of our holy yeshiva has not improved even slightly. On the contrary, it has become worse and the stress is increasing‘.
Enclosed with the letter is a list sent by the Gaon Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov Hacohen Yaffe of Manchester, the addressee of the letter, detailing the sums that he had sent to the Mir yeshiva and to which the Gaon Rabbi Finkel’s letter refers.
Background: The Mir Yeshiva, one of the most important yeshivas in the yeshiva world for more than two hundred years, was established in Mir, Belarus, in 1815 by the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Tiktinsky; yet, its major glory was after World War II, when the residents of the town returned from their exile in Russia, which was imposed on them as part of the destruction of the European communities.
In 1922, close to the writing of this letter, the yeshiva was reestablished, having many students so much so that it was titled a ‘Yeshiva for Rashei Yeshivas’ due to the many Rashei Yeshivas that had studied there.
The great Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel [1877-1965] Rosh Yeshiva of the Mir Yeshiva and founder of the New Yeshiva after the Holocaust, was one of the great scholars of the generation and member of Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudas Yisroel. Son of the the Alter/Saba of Slabodka Rabbi Nosson Zvi Finkel, disciple of the Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Gordon of Telz, the great Gaon Rabbi Shimon Shkop and the Great Gaon Rabbi Chaim of Brisk. Son-in-law of the Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Baruch Kamai Rosh Yeshiva and Av Beis Din of Mir. He managed to escape from the Holocaust, and immigrate to Israel where he established from new the Torah kingdom of the Mir Yeshiva, which after several years became the largest and greatest fortress of Torah in the world. He served as member of Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudas Yisroel and was one of the greatest scholars of the generation
The Gaon Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov Hacohen Yaffe, the son-in-law of the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Yaffe of Wikomirer, the Rav of Manchester, who succeeded him for dozens of years. Generously supported the Torah institutions of Lithuania. Passed away in Alexandria on his way to Eretz Yisroel in 1934 and was buried in Jerusalem.
[1] official stationery of the Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel. 25X21 cm. Handwritten entirely and signed by Maran the Gaon Rabbi Finkel and with his [faded] stamp. Wera to the left margins. Fold marks. Very good condition.
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